From 2007 to 2010 Axel Wieder was artistic director of Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, and was a visiting curator at Ludlow 38, Goethe-Institut New York in 2010. He studied art history and cultural theory at the University of Cologne and the Humboldt University in Berlin, specialising in conceptual art, the history of exhibitions, and modern architecture. In 1999, together with Jesko Fezer and Katja Reichard, he founded Pro qm, a bookstore and a venue for experimental events in the field of art and urbanism in Berlin. He has held lecturing posts at various universities and art academies, including the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste.